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Lines

Okkervil River

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Standard Tuning

Just chord voicing, improvise a picking pattern if you'd like!

E   |022100
B   |224442
C#m |446654
G#m |466444
A   |X02220
F#m |244222


E	    B
Wake up and try
	   C#m
you're not listening
	      G#m
and neither am i
	  A		   E
but it's only a matter of time
		B		
before we're walking out the door

E		   B
sit with me on the bed
	  C#m		    G#m
and stop pacing and pacing instead
	 A		  E
cuz it's only a matter of when
      B		          A
this heart to heart will end

     E		 A			 
and oh before we go
A
goodbye safety brace
A
goodbye baby clothes
   B     B             B                           F#m
as you describe a straight line through all these rooms

		E		   B
i want you to put your hands on my face
	 C#m		   G#m
run them over and over and trace
     A			    E
the lines that are starting to indicate
		B
how long i've been in this place

E B C#m G#m A

     E		       B
the sun shines all day
        C#m			 G#m
on the curb where our valuables lay
         A		 E
waiting all to be taken away
	  B		  A
like we brought them in before

E		      B
stand with me in the den
 	 C#m			 G#m
that's white walls and bare carpet again
	A			E
it was warm now it's empty and dead
	B		A
and we won't come back again


     E		 A			 
and oh before we go
A
goodbye tv trays
A
goodbye baby clothes
   B     B             B                           F#m
as you describe a straight line through all these rooms
B	B	B
through birthday parties
B	B	B
late night laundry
B	B	    A
baby's brides and grooms

		E		   B
i want you to put your hands on my face
	 C#m		   G#m
run them over and over and trace
     A			    E
the lines that are starting to indicate
		B
how long i've been in this place
     A			    E
the lines that are starting to indicate
		B
how long i've been in this place

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Okkervil River